From Lanka News Web
Tamara Kunanayakam has thereatened to take legal action against Foreign Minister Mangala Samarwaweera for alleging that she ‘came forward on behalf of the LTTE’. It may be interesting to note that allegations against Ms. Kunanayakam is on record. Page 87 of T.D.S.A. Dissanayaka's book War Or Peace in Sri Lanka (Popular Prakashan Edition reprint 2005- first print 2004) it is stated that :
' The Eelam propaganda was designed to whip up hatred against Sri Lanka. It was now without any sense of proportion. For instance, Tamara Kunanayakam, a Geneva based Eelam propagandist who works part time for the World Council of Churches, sent the following telex to the Assembly of the World Council of Churches held in Vancouver, Canada on July 29th.
"Just received news that Velvettiturai town has been razed and all inhabitants killed.
Navy has killed 1,000 in Trincomalee
Two refugee camps in Colombo have been attacked
Food supplies of Jaffna are being blocked by the Army
Our sources of information are UNDP, Colombo, NORAD Colombo and Tamil Information Centre, London."
The UNDP publicly denounced this statement as being blasphemous. This communication was a talking point at the Assembly in Vancouver till the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches in Sri Lanka enlightened them. '
(Please note that 29th mentioned is 29th July 1983)
Therefore it is apparent what Minister Samaraweera has told has been on record and has been in the public domain for well over a decade. Ms. Kunanayakam should have taken actions against the author if what was stated in the book is false. Maybe she can explain why she didn't.
Page 87 of T.D.S.A. Dissanayaka's book War Or Peace in Sri Lanka as follows
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